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Thanks very much Glenn, I hadn't spotted that. I see it now. Cheers Chris

Hi Glenn, Thanks for that, it's making a bit more sense to me now. So to clarify, is it saying that regular members of the I. SB serving in a Zweig unit wore the yellow band, and members of the II. SB in a Zweig unit wore the red band? Cheers Chris

Thanks for the information and photos. Yes, i was aware of the lehr batt connection to the shoulder straps. I’ll show you what’s confusing me. This is from ‘die deutschen marinen 1818-1918’ by noeske and stefanski on verlag militaria. See it’s mentioning Zweigbataillon, that’s what i don’t...

I see that the insignia for members of a Zweigbataillon was a red or yellow band at the bottom of the shoulder strap. Can anyone explain what exactly a Zweigbataillon is? And why only one or two men in photos have the award not whole units? See this nice photo of a Marine Infantry Vizefeldwebel...

Thanks Coert, Yes, that makes sense! Cheers Chris

Can anyone make out what the writing in capitals on the left says. This is from the Prince Heinrich streamer of the III. Seebataillon. Cheers Chris

Great information again, thanks.

It looks like you’re right, I don’t know myself. Then there’s this one, the flag of the 3. Marine Infanterie Regt. It started life as the imperial flag carried by the marine detachment skutari but when they returned to germany in late 1914, it was awarded to the new marine inf regt. But what...

Wow! That’s a great collection. Cheers Chris

Please correct me if I'm wrong but the photo from Bundesarchiv that Anthonio kindly posted then shows from left to right- I SB Prinz Heinrich China Streamer 1898 I SB Boxer Rebellion Streamer I SB 1900 Streamer A carrying sash from one of the battalions II SB 1900 Streamer II SB Boxer Rebellion...

Remains of the III. SB standard... with the Prince Heinrich 1912 streamer being the only surviving one.

II SB streamers... They would appear to be 1900 Streamer DSWA Streamer China Streamer

More from Bundesarchiv, the I SB streamers... They would appear to be- Prince Heinrich 1898 1900 Streamer China Streamer No sign of the 1870/71...

Yes, that's a possibility. Or he took them to China and left them with officers of the S90 tropedo boat who were interned while he intended to escape. But no evidence either way and odd that he doesn't mention them at all. Cheers Chris

Hi Dennis, Thanks for the clarification there on the 1900 streamer. As for the III. SB flag parts being taken out by Gunther Plüschow, I've read that in a few places. The only person who doesn't mention it is Plüschow himself in his memoirs. He does say before he left the Governor gave him...

Wow, thank you Anthonio! That's great to see all the Fahnenbaender together. And also to see the damage on the I SB flag. I'm guess that happened on the Western Front perhaps at the Battle of Lombardzyde in 1914, when they reportedly carried it into action. Cheers Chris

Thanks again Dennis! So what was the 1900 Banderole awarded for? Was it something every unit got to celebrate the turn of the century or similar? In that case did all three Seebataillone have it? And finally onto the II. SB. Here's an image showing it battle scarred after the Herero Rebellion...

Hi Dennis, Thanks for this new info and pictures. The china medal and dragon banner being separate make sense now. As I see Prince Heinrich was in Tsingtao in 1898 alongside some of the I. SB to occupy the province, and he also visited Tsingtao in 1912 when the III. SB occupied it. And I see...

Hi Dennis, Thanks for that great reply. So the Chinadenkmünze streamer and the blue China Paradebänder are two different streamers for the same action? And was the Chinadenkmünze streamer in the same colours as the Chinadenkmünze medal ribbon? I wonder why the I and II SB got the Peking clasp as...

Hello all, I'm trying to work out what standard streamers were awarded to the three Seebataillone of Marine Infantry. I've read that the I. Seebataillon were awarded the 1870-71 War streamer. That was the same vertical black, white and red pattern as the similar 1870-71 War medal wasn't it? The...